Idiots Abroad
So I am reclining last night reading the latest issue of New Scientist when I come across an article referring to Indian rationalist Sanal Edamaruku. Edamaruku is a sort of Indian James Randi in that he looks at claims made by superstitious idiots and then promptly points out that they are superstitious idiots….my kinda guy……
Taxonomy Of Ideas
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Neat Photo
Found this on the google box. Looks like he is cleaning/power cleaning about 90kg – not bad for a bloke with one leg. So how is the sooking about being too tired to work out going…..
Dollar Cost Averaging….Another Stupid Idea
Today’s contribution comes from Scott Lowther our system tester/designer extraordinaire….. I did something the other day that I have not done in a long time, I succumbed and read one of those main stream media articles on investing, and how dollar cost averaging pays off. Since completing the Mentor program in 2007, I normally…
Higher Education And Digital Technology
I have been a fan of the Khan Academy since I first encountered it – it seems to me that digital delivery of education has a different agenda to traditional education. Digital is about teaching – traditional is about credentials and the provision of degrees.
Idiot By Line Of The Day
For some reason I get a copy of Your Trading Edge sent to me on a regular basis and generally after a quick scan to see how far people can drop into superstition and magical thinking it goes in the bin. Not this week because one article contains a by line so staggeringly ironic that…
WTF These Blokes Talking About?
Von Neumann, Feynman and Ulam sitting around bullshitting to one another. If Feynman is involved then its probably about safe cracking or girls…… If you want to make yourself smarter google those three names and be prepared to be amazed at how clever some bastards are…
Study Suggests Hedge Funds Are Good For Markets
A new academic study asks whether hedge funds make markets inefficient and the answer appears to be ‘no.’ “Hedge Fund Herding and Crowded Trades: The Apologists’ Evidence,” is the work of Blerina Bela Reca of the University of Toledo, Richard W. Sias, University of Arizona and Harry J. Turtle, Washington State University. The authors examined…
Mark Cuban: High-Frequency Traders Are the Ultimate Hackers
Maybe….maybe not. Its probably more akin to pick pocketing with baseball bat – supposedly subtle and frictionless but actual a source of violence. More here
Trends A Go Go
Just to widen everyone’s gaze. To steal from Mark Twain….reports of the death of trends have been greatly exaggerated.
Smart People Doing Smart Things
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